Clarence Thomas
How Anita Hill’s Confirmation Hearing Testimony Brought Workplace Sexual Harassment to Light
Supreme Court Justice nomination hearings are never dull. But few observers expected the issue of whether Clarence Thomas should serve on the highest court of the land to become a firestorm—and a national referendum on sexual harassment. That all changed on October 11, 1991, when ...read more
Clarence Thomas confirmed to the Supreme Court
After a bitter confirmation hearing, the U.S. Senate votes 52 to 48 to confirm Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court. In July 1991, Thurgood Marshall, the first African American to sit on the Supreme Court, announced his retirement after 34 years. President George Bush ...read more